Alpina/Replica centre caps

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Post Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:07 am

I've got some 15" OZ wheels in the Alpina style:

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And I'm thinking about having aluminium discs made to cover the centres and wheel nuts, so they look more like the original Alpina wheels. But I have no idea how they actually fit to the wheel.

Has anyone got a pic of the rear of the centre caps, whether it's original Alpina or BK? Or even better, know who makes them?
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Post Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:33 am

Why don't you put a thread in one of the 4 small holes, make a centre cap with an alngning hole and you are sorted. That's how the RG reps caps work.
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Post Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:34 am

Don't bother. Paint the centres black and serve them to an E21fiend ! :D
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Post Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:46 pm

I'm going to do the centres black anyway; that's how I like them, but I'm intrigued by this threaded hole idea. Got any pics so I know what you mean?
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Post Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:58 pm

You will end up with a big fat and ugly 10mm bolt holding the centre cap on.
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:50 am

pacerpete wrote:Don't bother. Paint the centres black and serve them to an E21fiend ! :D
Inclined to agree 8)

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Looks great imo.
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:19 am

Black centres it is then :D

Taken them to be media-blasted today. Eight quid a wheel - bargain!
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:52 pm

So are you planning on serving them to one of us E21 masochistic types?
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:54 pm

So are you planning on serving them to one of us E21 masochistic types?
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:18 pm

Not likely; postage would be a killer! plus I'd want to recoup most of the cost of all the repair/painting. I don't think anyone's going to pay that much for a set of replicas (be about 400 quid all in for me to replace them).

Plus, I like the look :D
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:24 pm

You shouldn't need genuine locks if they are priced with an alpina tax, look at the hafele or similar website.
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:33 pm

Those wheels look exactly like real Alps!